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Apr 25, 2011

[Book Review] Indian Memsahib - The Untold Story of a Bureaucrat's Wife by Suchita Malik

#Read in Jan 2009 Indian Memsahib: The untold story of a bureaucrat's wife is an unconventional look into the world of Indian bureaucracy...

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Apr 24, 2011

[Book Review] The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="140"] [/caption] I don't like self-help books. But on strong recommendation from my wife and oth...

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Apr 24, 2011

[Book Review] Early Records Of British India: A History Of The English Settlements In India by James Talboys Wheeler

[caption id="attachment_795" align="alignright" width="150"] [/caption] The book name is Early records of British India: a history of the...

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Apr 23, 2011

[Schooling in India] Bishop’s Flawed Reason for Detaining a Student

Today in Pune Mirror there was a  news that The Bishop’s School has detained a boy who has passed IX finals and has also advised him to s...

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Apr 21, 2011

Pune Mathur Association's Summer Dhamaka

# Ref: Taken from Priti Mathur's blog Mathur Association, Pune organized grand Summer Dhamaka for all the Mathurs residing in Pune on Apr...

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Apr 12, 2011

[Book Review] Northlight by Deborah J Ross

This was my first book which I won for review from LibraryThing. It was an e-book so it was difficult for me to read it in a stretch but ...

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Apr 10, 2011

Time to bring Real Power in Hands of the People

On a Saturday, we were celebrating a victory after 28 years, a much needed win to bring the world cup back. Next Saturday, we witnessed a...

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Mar 20, 2011

Experts take on the high risk perception in public about nuclear power plants

There are two reasons for this high risk peception. One is that while the probability of a catastrophic nuclear plant accident is very s...

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Mar 20, 2011

Government considering bio-shields against tsunami

I was going through this news sometime back  so thought it is worth sharing. Here are the excerpts: The Environment Ministry is consider...

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Mar 13, 2011

Isn't using subsidized diesel for private cars a luxury?

With the price of crude oil rising high and putting pressure on economy is it right to use diesel when it is subsidized to reduce the cos...

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